Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-21 Thread James Wilkinson
g wrote: > viewing "source", "header" can be read, but not able to read "body" > because of 'base64'. For what it’s worth, you can read base64 encoded text by piping it to openssl enc -d -base64 James -- E-mail: james@ | You can accept the existence of rain without denying the aprilcottage

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-21 Thread Ian Malone
On 21 January 2012 14:10, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 13:07 +, Ian Malone wrote: >> Base64 expands (necessarily since it tries to represent full octets >> with a subset), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME there isn't >> much of a rationale for using it in email text (though encod

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-21 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 13:07 +, Ian Malone wrote: > Base64 expands (necessarily since it tries to represent full octets > with a subset), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#MIME there isn't > much of a rationale for using it in email text (though encoding is > required for binary attachments),

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-21 Thread Tim
g: >}> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) > dose Evolution convert 'base64' to 'text' during view source? I wouldn't think any mailer would do so. That wouldn't be viewing the source, or "raw message," under those circumstances. The normal mail viewer would, it's job is to show you

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-21 Thread Ian Malone
On 20 January 2012 19:48, g wrote: > > On 01/20/2012 10:48 AM, Ian Malone wrote: > <> > >> Don't know why you conclude that, spam links can have a short lifetime >> as they get shut down. > -=- > > i must be smoking something stronger than you. B=D > > i do not recall, nor see where i made such st

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-21 Thread Tim
On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 16:31 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > be careful with rewrite mailbody > this will break all sorts of signed mails Though that problem exists, anyway, even if you do nothing. Because mail comes to you through more than one server, any of which may transform an email in transit

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread g
On 01/20/2012 07:51 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 20.01.2012 20:47, schrieb g: >> On 01/20/2012 03:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> <> >> >>> be careful with rewrite mailbody this will break all sorts of >>> signed mails >> -=- >> >> and, as you know, thunderbird gives you a friendly notification

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.01.2012 20:47, schrieb g: > > On 01/20/2012 03:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > <> > >> be careful with rewrite mailbody this will break all sorts of >> signed mails > -=- > > and, as you know, thunderbird gives you a friendly notification banner and what does this change? if something BE

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread g
On 01/20/2012 10:48 AM, Ian Malone wrote: <> > Don't know why you conclude that, spam links can have a short lifetime > as they get shut down. -=- i must be smoking something stronger than you. B=D i do not recall, nor see where i made such statement, or imply. > FWIW I do agree base64 is an

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread g
On 01/20/2012 03:18 PM, Tim wrote: > Tim: >>> you replied to was not received as base64 encoded, here. > > > g: >> that is because it has enigmail sig. note "source" of this post. > > My point was that the spam that you were complaining about as an example > of why you don't like base64 was *not

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread g
On 01/20/2012 03:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: <> > be careful with rewrite mailbody this will break all sorts of > signed mails -=- and, as you know, thunderbird gives you a friendly notification banner. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted*

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 20.01.2012 16:18, schrieb Tim: > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by mailserver.lan.example.com > > If I can get the message /as text/, then so you can you, one way or > another. And your problem (I think it was you that asked about > converting mail, last week), about using tools t

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread Tim
Tim: >> you replied to was not received as base64 encoded, here. g: > that is because it has enigmail sig. note "source" of this post. My point was that the spam that you were complaining about as an example of why you don't like base64 was *not* base64 encoded (the original spam mail, not your

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-20 Thread Ian Malone
On 19 January 2012 22:09, g wrote: > > On 01/19/2012 12:56 PM, Tim wrote: >> On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 03:52 +, g wrote: >> but the (obvious) spam (simply by looking at the list of recipients) > this is true. because it was sent to a 'tsl' also. > viewing "source", "header" can be read, but not

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-19 Thread g
On 01/19/2012 12:56 PM, Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 03:52 +, g wrote: >> NISM ?? > > I have no idea what that abbreviation refers to, -=- NISM = "Need I Say More" > but the (obvious) spam (simply by looking at the list of recipients) -=- this is true. because it was sent to a 'tsl'

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-19 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 03:52 +, g wrote: > NISM ?? I have no idea what that abbreviation refers to, but the (obvious) spam (simply by looking at the list of recipients) you replied to was not received as base64 encoded, here. Nor should it really be a problem. Only the most ancient or dysfunc

Re: [ why i do not like base64]

2012-01-18 Thread g
On 01/18/2012 11:32 PM, Hesty P wrote: > http://dirtydeez.com/images/thumbs/12betui.htm -=- NISM ?? -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "text/plain" only. "text/html" deleted* *install Linux* /to/ _learn linux_ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- users mail